shareholder rights – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Active ownership matters now more than ever amid coronavirus crisis https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/active-ownership-matters-now-more-than-ever-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ Thu, 14 May 2020 05:20:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/active-ownership-matters-now-more-than-ever-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ At a time of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis, active ownership is more important than ever, says Kevin Thomas, chief executive officer of the Shareholder Association for Research and Education. Many organizations are trying to influence companies and policy-makers, and those voices matter, he notes. “You don’t want to be sitting on the sidelines.” […]

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]]> Who benefits and who suffers from the SEC’s proposed proxy-advisory rules? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ Thu, 28 Nov 2019 04:27:04 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ The debate surrounding how institutional investors use proxy voting is heating up. The contention hinges on guidance the Securities and Exchange Commission released earlier this year on the activities of proxy-advisory firms. It says that when proxy-advisory firms provide proxy-voting advice to their investor clients, it counts as proxy solicitations. That, in turn, means those […]

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